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APPARATUS .POR FILLING MAI-TREssEs. No. 489,540. Patented Jan. 10, 1893.

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W. H. MOORE. APPARATUS FOR FILLING MATTRESSBS.

N o. 489, 540. Patented Jan, 10,1893.

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WILLIAM H. MOORE, OF GARDINER, MAINE, ASSIGNOR TO THE W. H. MOOREMATTRESS COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

APPARATUS FOR FILLING MATTRESSES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 489,540, dated January10, 1893.

Application filed June 27, 1891. Serial No. 397,727. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern..-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. Moonn, a citizen of the United States,residing at Gardiner, in the county of Kennebec and State of Maine, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Apparatus for FillingMattresses; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to an apparatus for filling mattresses of thatclass wherein the filling material is distributed evenly over a bedpiece the tick being subsequently drawn on over the filling material.

The operation of my apparatus for making mattresses as hereinafter fullyset out and as I prefer to use it consists of distributing the materialevenly over a bottom plate the size of the mattress, using for thispurpose a frame placed on the bottom plate, the sides of the frameconfining the material within its proper limit-s, removing the frame andcompressing the material by means of a top plate held down by a crossbar at its back end and pressed downward by a binder bearing at a pointintermediate between the ends, slipping over the ends of the plates thetick, the closed end of which is brought into place, clamping the endsof the two plates together outside of the tick, removing the binder,drawing the tick entirely on, removing the clamp and withdrawing theplates.

The various features of my invention, are set forth in the claims andwill now be particularly described, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings in which Figure 1 is a side view of my mattressfilling apparatus and Fig. 2 is a top view of the lower portion, theuprights being out on the line m as. Fig. 3 is a front elevation.

A represents a frame work somewhat larger than the size of the mattressto be filled. At one end of the frame are two uprights a a, and restingon the frame is a bottom plate 13 composed of wood or metal and made asthin as may be consistent with the weight it has to sustain and of theexact width and somewhat more than the length of the mattress. It issupported at its rear end as I shall term 9' on the forward portion ofthe frame.

that end next the uprights a, by means of a cross bar I) placed under ita short distance from the rear of the machine, the extreme end restingunderneath a cross piece a secured between the uprights. Its front endis supported temporarily as hereinafter shown by a bar 19 which may betipped down or removed at will. Resting on the bottom plate B in certainportions of the operation of the machine is a four sided bottomlessframe H indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 2. It is shown in Fig.1suspended from the arm a in the upper part of the frame by means of acord or its equivalent h which passes over pulleys and has attached toits end a counter weight I. This frame is first placed on the bottomplate and the filling material D is put in and evenly distributed overthe surface of the bottom plate. I design to have the frame H of a sizesufficient to contain just the necessary amount of material for themattress. Having the frame for a guide, the corners can be filled outsharp and full. After the frame is filled it is removed by lifting it 75' up into the position shown in Fig. 1 after which the top plate 0 islaid on the filling material, its, rear end resting under a cross bar orbearing placed at a distance from the bottom plate represented by thethickness required for the mattress after pressing. I here represent itas simply resting under a cross bolt a connecting the uprights a at theproper height as it only requires something to keep it down at thispoint. Across the top plate O is then laid the binder E for forcing theplate down to compress the material. The means I show for compressingthis binder are two links 70 one on each side of the machine, the upperend of each link having an eye fit- 9o ting the end of the binder andthe lower end being connected with a lever J by means of a bearingj. Thelever J is pivoted to the frame at j and its free end is held down by acatch The 5 operation of these levers will be readily understood withoutfurther explanation. After the filling has been pressed down to therequired thickness as shown, the tick or case F having one end left openis drawn on up to the binder E, the closed end being slipped up to itsposition at the end of the plates, the

support I) having been removed. The clamp G is now put on over the endsof the plates outside of the tick securing the ends of the platestogether. The clamp G may be of any well known construction. I here showa simple form composed of a bar 9 above and below with bolts g unitingthe ends. The tick is slipped entirely 011 and the clamp G taken off.The plates are then slipped out or what is the same thing the mattressis slipped off from the plate. The end being sewed up it is ready to betufted.

It will be seen that a mattress filled by my apparatus will have itsfilling uniformly distributed, each one will be alike in quality and thework can be done much more rapidly than by the old hand process. Anotheradvantage which my apparatus has over the old one, is in fillingmattresses having a surface made of wool, cotton or other soft material.It is very difficult in filling by hand the old way to get this inuniformly, while in my apparatus I have only to put in first a layer ofthe. soft filling and cover it with the coarser material.

I claim:-

1. An apparatus for filling mattresses consisting of a bottom plate onwhich the filling material is placed, said bottom plate being supportedat its rear end, a top plate adapted to lie on the top of said fillingmaterial and to compress the same, said top plate having a bearing orsupport for its rear end to keep it down,a binder for forcing theforward end of said top plate downward, said binder being located at adistance from the end of said plate sufficient so that the tick may begathered between said binder and said end a clamp independent of saidbinder applied at or near the end and over the tick after the same isdrawn on, for securing the front ends of said bottom and top platestogether and a framework for supporting said parts, substantially asdescribed.

2. An apparatus for filling mattresses consisting of a bottom plate onwhich the filling material is placed said bottom plate being supportedat its rear end, a temporary support for the forward end of said bottomplate, a top plate adapted to lie on said filling material and tocompress the same, said top plate having a bearing or support for itsrear end to keep it down, a binder for forcing the forward end of saidtop plate downward, said binder being located at a distance from the endof said plate sufficient so that the tick may be gathered between saidbinder and said end a clamp applied at or near the end and over the tickafter the same is drawn on for securing the front ends of said top andbottom plates together and a framework for supporting said parts,substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM H. MOORE. Witnesses:

M. A. WAKEFIELD, GEO. W. HESELTON.

